S.5, Sched.---suit for recovery of dowry articles and dower---Family Court decreed the suit and appeal was dismissed by the Appellate Court--

 Citation Name: 2020 CLC 380

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AZIZ-UR-REHMAN VS Mst. BIBI JAMEELA

S.5, Sched.---suit for recovery of dowry articles and dower---Family Court decreed the suit and appeal was dismissed by the Appellate Court---Validity---Not possible for wife to keep the record of purchased articles and prepare list of dowry articles and obtain signatures of husband and witnesses---Whosoever alleged existence of a particular fact was to prove the same---Solitary statement of wife was enough to prove dowry articles---When marriage had not been consumated then wife would be entitled to half of the fixed dower only and remaining half should be returned/restored to husband unless he waived such right voluntarily---Impugned judgments and decrees passed by the Courts below to the extent of dowry articles were modified and amount of dowry articles was reduced---Constitutional petition was disposed of accordingly.